324 COLUBRID. 
symphysial and with three labials. Scales in 17 rows, perfectly 
smooth, a few at the base of the tail with faint traces of keels. 
Ventrals 136-151; anal entire; subcaudals 36-48. Uniform 
blackish brown above, yellowish white beneath. 
Total length 310 millim. ; tail 50. 
Mexico. 
a. 2 (V.146; C. 40). Mexico. M. Sallé [C.]. 
114. CARPHOPHIS. 
Calamaria, part., Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 25 (1887). 
Carphophis, Gervais, in D’Orbigny, Dict. d@ Hist. Nat. iii. p. 191 
(1849) ; Giinth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 17 (1858) ; Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. 
Phys. ii. 1862, p. 23; Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., Rept. p. 586 
(1883). 
Carphophiops, Gerv. 1. c.; Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 78, and 
Proce. US. Nat. Mus. xiv. 1892, p. 596. 
Carpophis, part., Dum. § Bibr, Mém. Ac. Se. xxiii. 1853, p. 442. 
Celuta, Baird § Gir. Cat. N. Am, Rept. p. 129 (1853) ; Cope, Proce. 
U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. 1892, p. 599. 
Carphophis, part., Dum. § Bibr. Erp. Gén. vii. p. 131 (1854). 
Maxillary teeth very small, subequal, about 10; mandibular 
teeth subequal. Head small, not distinct from neck; eye small, 
with round pupil; internasals present or absent; supraocular very 
small; nostril in a single nasal; no preocular, loreal and pre- 
frontal entering the eye. Body cylindrical; scales smooth, without 
apical pits, in 13 rows; ventrals rounded. Tail short; subcaudals 
in two rows. 
North America, 
1. Carphophis amenus. 
Coluber ameenus, Say, Journ. Ac. Philad. iv. 1825, p. 237; Harl. 
Journ. Ac. Philad. v. 1827, p. 355, and Med. Phys. Res. p. 118 
(1835) ; Storer, Rep. Fish. g Rept. Mass. p. 226 (1839). 
Calamaria ameena, Schley. Phys. Serp, ii. p. 31, pl. i. figs. 19 & 20 
(1837). 
Brachyorrhos amcenus, Holbr. N. Am. Herp. iii. f. 115, pl. xxvii. 
(1842). 
Carphophis ameena, Gerv. in D’Orb. Dict. d’ Hist. Nat. iii. p, 191 
(1849); Dum. § Bibr. vii. p. 131 (1854); Giinth. Cat. p. 18 (1858) ; 
Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1862, p. 23, and Icon. Gén. 12, 
pl. ii. fig. 4 (1865); Garm. N. Am. Rept. p. 100, pl. vii. fig. 1 
(1883); Bocourt, Miss. Se. Mex., Rept. p. 535, pl. xxxii. figs. 1 
& 2 (1883); H. Garm, Bull. Illin. Lab. iii. 1892, p. 809; Hay, 
Batr. § Rept. Indiana, p. 78 (1893). 
Carphophiops vermiformis, Gerv. J. c. 
Celuta amcena, Baird § Gir. Cat. N. Am. Rept. p. 129 (1853). 
vermis, Kennicott, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1859, p. 99. 
helene, Kennicott, 1. c. p. 100. 
a ta a amoena, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 79, and Proc. 
JS. Nat. Mus. xiv. 1892, p. 596. 
